African Masks

Mask

Artist Unknown (Pende) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:05:25 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Pende)
Date	late 19th-early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

flattened nose; dropping eyelids; open dentated mouth; raised scarification lines on forehead and cheeks

Mask

Artist Unknown (Yombe) — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:01:22 -0400

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Yombe)
Date	19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

knit brow, upper eyelid overhanging thin slit eyes, dark vertical smears on the cheeks; half-open mouth with one row of filed teeth; smooth face; traces of kaolin at the teeth, the hairline and around the nose; black, smooth, vertical crescent-shaped coiffure; black stripe down the forehead and on the eyebrows; red color on the lips; hole in each ear; hole at top of coiffure on each side (2nd hole on PR side)

Kpele Kpele Mask

Artist Unknown (Baule, Goli Society) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:01:42 -0500

Title	Kpele Kpele Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Baule, Goli Society)
Date	19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Goli Dance Mask, wood with pigment and horns

Helmet mask

Unknown — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:12:07 -0500

Title	Helmet mask
Artist	Unknown
Date	19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G240

Dance Mask; Carved in the round from a single piece of lightweight wood. Interior hollow. Features remarkable in that they resemble Greek and Sicilian works of the 6th Century B.C. The back of the mask, carved in terrace and striated patterns, contrasts with the smooth lateral contours of the face.

Mbambi Mask

Artist Unknown (Pende) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mbambi Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Pende)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

red face, white nose and mouth and long horns on top of head; raffia around sides of head and chin

Bwani Society Mask

Artist Unknown (Lega) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:05:27 -0500

Title	Bwani Society Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Lega)
Date	19th-20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

ovoid face with pointed chin; sloping forehead; coffee bean eyes; long, pointed nose; ovoid mouth; white pigment overall

Kifwebe Mask

Artist Unknown (Luba) — Mon, 01 Jun 1925 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Kifwebe Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Luba)
Date	Second quarter of the 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

mask carved on flat rectangular planes; median crest and nose drilled at regular intervals with small cavities containing traces of symbolic materials; tufts of hair implanted in nostrils; white and black highlights; intricately grooved surface

Mask

Artist Unknown (Guro) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:01:11 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Guro)
Date	19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Bunde Mask

Artist Unknown (Temne) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Bunde Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Temne)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

hatlike mask with 4 faces, 2 wearing headdresses with animal heads on long necks; 1 face totally lost due to insect damage

Mask

Artist Unknown (Wobe-Bete) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Wobe-Bete)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Heavy forehead; vertical rib down center of face with 3 pairs of horizontal ribs (bottom pair unattached at sides); tacks on forehead, lips and across ribs

Mask

Artist Unknown (Kuba) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Kuba)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

helmet mask; triangular face with small eyes; large nose; bead lines on forehead and down nose; animal fur beard with nut shells at sides; cloth at top and back with blue and white beading on back

Kore Society Mask

Artist Unknown (Bamana) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:01:12 -0500

Title	Kore Society Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Bamana)
Date
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

long, thin face with open rectangular mouth; 4-sided eyes; human nose; vertical horns; dark patina

Do Society Mask

Artist Unknown (Ligbi or Nafana) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Do Society Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Ligbi or Nafana)
Date	early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

triple-faced dance mask; wood, red, blue and white pigment; with stand

Misi gwa so'o (Chimpanzee Mask)

Artist Unknown (Hemba) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Misi gwa so'o (Chimpanzee Mask)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Hemba)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

smiling face with open mouth; very long slim nose

Helmet Mask

Artist Unknown (Makonde) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:01:42 -0500

Title	Helmet Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Makonde)
Date	late 19th-early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Helmet Mask, wood and hair, full head tilted slightly upwards, fully scarified face and geometrically shaven head.

Satimbe Mask

Artist Unknown (Dogon) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Satimbe Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Dogon)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Square painted mask with cylindrical mouth, spear shaped nose, 10 in. beak protruding from forehead; mask is surmounted by a female figure with bent knees and arms above head holding a vessel on her head

Ngady Mwaash Mask

Artist Unknown (Bushoong) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Ngady Mwaash Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Bushoong)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

small face with wide slit eyes; face decorated with white, tan and brown lines and triangles; cloth band with shells down center of face; blue and red cloth at top of head decorated with shells and beads

Initiation mask

Artist Unknown (Mende) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:10:06 -0500

Title	Initiation mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Mende)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G240

Mende Society Mask, wood and raffia, Mende Tribe, Sierra Leone, Africa, XIX c. Msmt.s of helmet only. *Med.Raffia ?- Poss. Human Hair!

Mask

Artist Unknown (Dan) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Dan)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Flat face; narrow eyes with proper right eye in white and proper left eye and cheek in terra cotta color; metal rods for teeth; beard and moustache braided and twisted brown and tan threads; metal bell and 2 ivory 'teeth' at center of beard

Odumado Mask

Artist Unknown (Igala) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:01:19 -0500

Title	Odumado Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Igala)
Date	19th-20th Century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

helmet mask with large eyes and pursed lips; spool-like ears; parallel vertical lines on face; 6 small holes on bottom edge

Owl Mask

Artist Unknown (Bembe) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Owl Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Bembe)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

squared-off jawline; coffee-bean eyes in enormous light-colored sockets; thin nose; pursed lips; 2 light and one red triangle on chin

Mwana Pwo Mask

Artist Unknown (Chokwe) — Thu, 01 Jun 1905 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mwana Pwo Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Chokwe)
Date	c. 1910
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Mask, Chokwe, Mwana Pwo, about 1910. Wood, braided and netted raffia headdress, white beads. mask, H.7-1/4 in. Headdress H.10-1/2 x W.10-1/2 in. Masoji-scarification marks in form of tears below each eye. Tshingelyengelye-cruciform mark with circular terminations in center of forehead. Portion of earlobes missing just below where ears were pierced.

Mask

Artist Unknown (Dan) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Dan)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Mask

Artist Unknown (Kumu) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Kumu)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

round face with large open square eyes; rectangular mouth with 8 teeth; PL side of face red, PR side white

Mask

Artist Unknown (Dan-Wobe) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Dan-Wobe)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Wood mask with protruding eyes and ridge down center of forehead; painted white upper, red nose and cheeks with blue lower; cloth wrapped about lower half imitating a beard with single row of seventeen bells attached along bottom edge

Po Mask

Artist Unknown (Lwena) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:01:20 -0500

Title	Po Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Lwena)
Date	late 19th-early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

dance mask, Zaire, Tshokweized Lunda Cluster

Plank Mask

Artist Unknown (Bwa) — Wed, 01 Jun 1955 00:00:00 -0400

Title	Plank Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Bwa)
Date	c. 1960
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

white and black, red trim; five teeth inside opening between eyes; red protrusion above head, curving downward; front of body (above head) X design below zigzag; back of body checkerboard pattern; U-shape at top

Horned Forest Spirit Mask

Artist Unknown (Kuba) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Horned Forest Spirit Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Kuba)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

large copper eyes and copper lips; wide nose with large nostrils; 6 white triangles on forehead; white and black lines on cheeks; long curved horns; cloth on back

Dance Headdress

Artist Unknown (Ejagham, Keaka Group) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:01:36 -0500

Title	Dance Headdress
Artist	Artist Unknown (Ejagham, Keaka Group)
Date	late 19th-early 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Head crest Mask; Ejagham people of the Cross River area, possibly Keaka group; covered with skin

Mask

Artist Unknown (Bamum) — Fri, 01 Jun 1900 00:00:00 -0500

Title	Mask
Artist	Artist Unknown (Bamum)
Date	20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

smiling face with slightly open mouth, flat nose and openwork hairstyle with two buns; protruding ears

African Masks

Mask

Mask

late 19th-early 20th century

Mask

Mask

19th century

Kpele Kpele Mask

Kpele Kpele Mask

19th century

Helmet mask

Helmet mask

19th century

Mbambi Mask

Mbambi Mask

20th century

Bwani Society Mask

Bwani Society Mask

19th-20th century

Kifwebe Mask

Kifwebe Mask

Second quarter of the 20th century

Mask

Mask

19th century

Bunde Mask

Bunde Mask

20th century

Mask

Mask

20th century

Mask

Mask

20th century

Kore Society Mask

Kore Society Mask

Do Society Mask

Do Society Mask

early 20th century

Misi gwa so'o (Chimpanzee Mask)

Misi gwa so'o (Chimpanzee Mask)

20th century

Helmet Mask

Helmet Mask

late 19th-early 20th century

Satimbe Mask

Satimbe Mask

20th century

Ngady Mwaash Mask

Ngady Mwaash Mask

20th century

Initiation mask

Initiation mask

20th century

Mask

Mask

20th century

Odumado Mask

Odumado Mask

19th-20th Century

Owl Mask

Owl Mask

20th century

Mwana Pwo Mask

Mwana Pwo Mask

c. 1910

Mask

Mask

20th century

Mask

Mask

20th century

Mask

Mask

20th century

Po Mask

Po Mask

late 19th-early 20th century

Plank Mask

Plank Mask